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Here's something that's been puzzling me for a very long time:I like football. --> I do like football.Jenny went there but... --> Jenny did go there but...In both examples, emphasised by the auxiliary verb do.But:I can do it but... --> ???She is nice but... --> ???He will go there...

Can any teacher here explain the difference between the modal verb (can, could, may, might, must....) and the auxiliary (can, could, may, might, must....)? If they are the same thing, why do we have to call them by different names? Many thanks. Lcchang

Hello CJI have four English grammar books. Two are written in Japanese and both treat an agentless passive as a kind of passive, although one of them introduces the concept of "stative passive" to explain the usage of agentless passive. English-written grammar books are Quirk's CGEL and...

Congratualtions for your explanations. There are clear and the best i've found. Vos explicatons sont les plus pédagogiques que j'ai pu trouver à ce jour et je tiens tout particulièrement à vous en rendre hommage. Gérard.Forum: New: Common English Questions and Answers - Archived PostsPosted:...

Hellow Zewu I'm an English learner from Japan. I am afraid I don't know much about English enough to answer such questions as those you are asking. But allow me to put my two cents worth. First of all, let me define some grammatical terms. In English, people usually say 'subjunctive mood' for...

Hello, Milky and CalifJim. I haven't read Michael Lewis yet. But this question seems interesting. Will = Given my perception of the immediate situation, it is inevitable that ... Does this mean we should exclude will of ? And what's the difference between and ? I agree with you, Milky (and...

I wanted to know that I was worth driving 10 miles in the rain to get a piece of lemon meringue pie. Once I did that, I know the pie was unimportant. 1. If someone else drove ten miles to get pie for you, then I wanted to know if I was worth the ten mile drive to get pie is fine. (Cf. You are...

1. Use of present perfect tense and simple past tense Speakers of American English generally use the present perfect tense (have/has + past participle) far less than speakers of British English. In spoken American English it is very common to use the simple past tense as an alternative in...

TO QUOTE CALIFORNIA JIM: 'There is more than one difference between the simple past and the present perfect. The simplest difference is the grammatical difference that the simple past can be used with expressions which signify a definite, particular time in the past. I wrote a letter...

There is more than one difference between the simple past and the present perfect. The simplest difference is the grammatical difference that the simple past can be used with expressions which signify a definite, particular time in the past. I wrote a letter yesterday. I wrote a letter at 7...